Financial Times: Top Bush adviser revealed as source

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http://news.ft.com/cms/s/4e68d3ae-f190-11d9-9c3e-00000e2511c8.html

Top Bush adviser revealed as source
By Holly Yeager in Washington
Published: July 10 2005 23:17 | Last updated: July 10 2005 23:17

Karl Rove, President George W. Bush's top political adviser, was the secret source who gave a Time magazine reporter permission to testify last week, thus avoiding jail for contempt of court, Newsweek reported on Sunday.

Mr Rove has been the subject of growing speculation as two journalists faced prison for failing to reveal their sources to a federal prosecutor investigating the leak of the identity of Valerie Plame, an undercover CIA officer.

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Mr Cooper has refused to identify his source publicly. But in this week's edition Newsweek said Mr Rove's attorney had confirmed that Mr Rove had discussed Joseph Wilson, a former ambassador who is married to Ms Plame, with Mr Cooper and that he gave Mr Cooper permission to testify.

It is illegal to reveal knowingly the identity of an undercover officer, and the prosecutor has been searching for the source of the leak who revealed Ms Plame's identity, which was first reported by Robert Novak, a columnist.

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1. The news made it across the pond. Very Good!

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